TaKorea: The Most Cleverly-Named Taco Truck in the City

The competition’s stiff out there for street vendors. Everyone knows that the cuter the name of the truck or cart, the more attention the food is bound to get. This is how we ended up with the likes of Curry Up Now and the Chairman Bao bun truck, both pretty funny names (and both luckily serving goods that live up to the hype). But my absolute favorite vendor out there, both food- and name-wise, is TaKorea, the cheap and amazing Korean taco truck.

I first (a little drunkenly, to be sure) became aware of TaKorea outside of John Colins, a SOMA bar where a friend was celebrating her birthday. I had a prime window seat, and as soon as I saw a truck pull up on the curb, I was out the door and in line. I didn’t know then that I was about to have crazy flavor-gasms in my mouth, which is probably good because my head might have exploded if I had.

TaKorea has a refreshingly simple menu consisting of four types of tacos: chicken, bulgogi, spicy pork, and vegetarian. The tacos are only $2 a pop and these guys definitely don’t skimp on the meat (or veggies). Each taco comes topped with kimchi and some special sauce, which would normally make me nervous. See, I’m an extremely picky eater — as in you will RARELY find me eating kimchi — but on these tacos, everything is ridiculously good. Apparently the truck likes to make appearances around SOMA (Bar Basic is another place I cleaned them out at), but follow them on Twitter to find exact locations and estimated arrival times.

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator

When Christy announced she was leaving her family's Southern California home and moving to San Francisco, her mom said, "Have fun in that den of sin." This is the only (however sarcastic) advice Christy has ever taken from her mom, who also told her to join eharmony.com and cover her eyes during sex scenes in movies. Christy puts her creative writing degree to good use by locating the typos on Chinese food menus and spends most of her time challenging friends to all-you-can-eat contests and trying to get that one bartender at Zeitgeist to smile.

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